Postcode · St Albans
Crime in AL2 3HW
How much crime is recorded in AL2 3HW, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green
- Council
- St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,580 (2024)
AL2 3HWSt Albans
How safe is AL2 3HW
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 22.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the AL2 3HW area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
51
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
AL2 3HWNational
Violence and sexual offences15.623.6
Shoplifting8.98.4
Anti-social behaviour8.610.7
Burglary7.49.1
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Other theft2.74.5
Public order2.44.6
Drugs1.62.4
Theft from the person1.12.1
Other crime1.11.5
Robbery0.61.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.